I’m Ishan Shukla, an animation writer-director blending surrealism, science fiction, and epic myths.
Selected works
BAAHUBALI: The Eternal War (2027)
In cinemas 2027.
SCHIRKOA: In Lies We Trust (2024)
Animated dystopian feature.
Winner – NETPAC Award, IFFR 2024
Schirkoa (Short – 2016)
Oscar long-listed animated short.
35+ Awards | 120+ Festivals.
Press (Schirkoa: in lies we trust)
Cineuropa
‘It is a stunning, even overwhelming and definitely impressive debut’
ndtv
‘The film scales a creative high that no Indian animated feature has ever come within striking distance of.’
Journey into cinema
‘a future cult classic’
Screen anarchy
a surreal symphony, full of love, sex, discord, calm and fever pitch.
Ishan Shukla 